<div>Stories of Liavek lore from two stalwarts of science fiction&mdash;the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles and the author of the Secret Country Trilogy. The setting for a series of stories by popular science fiction authors, Liavek is a hot, busy trade city, situated on the southern shore of the Sea of Luck at the mouth of the Cat River. In Liavek, magic is based on one&rsquo;s &ldquo;birth luck&rdquo; and the length of time one&rsquo;s mother was in labor, but it can only be used to power spells after it&rsquo;s invested in some object outside oneself&mdash;a difficult and deadly task. . . . From that mad and wonderful seed, Patricia C. Wrede and Pamela Dean create an enthralling set of stories, where a god is trapped in the body of a chipmunk, where a play has the potential to incite a riot and change a nation, and where a family is coming apart at the seams&mdash;and going to enormous lengths to stitch itself back together. All of the stories are tied together by the unforgettable character of Granny, Ka&rsquo;Riatha&mdash;the one the Book of Curses calls the Guardian of the S&rsquo;Rian Gods. Granny moves through each story, casting spells and bringing her tart brand of wisdom to a world come undone. This collection is perfect for fans of both titans of the genre, and will bring equal parts thrilled gasps and charmed smiles to readers everywhere. &ldquo;This deeply enjoyable journey to Liavek will be of interest to longtime fans and newcomers alike.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review) </div>

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Points of Departure

<div>The authoritative guide to the craft and business of writing. Patricia C. Wrede has been a stalwart of the sci-fi/fantasy world for decades, publishing dozens of books across multiple series, storming bestseller lists and corralling accolades from critics and fans alike. Now, with brilliant insight and a sparkling wit, Wrede shows beginning writers the ropes in Wrede on Writing. Wrede tackles all issues for writers, from the basic how-to&rsquo;s to the more advanced topics on character development and worldbuilding. In her conversational tone, she gives writers the tips and tricks her experience has brought. After Wrede on Writing, authors will have the knowledge to put their tools to better use. Thinking of starting a book? Trying to finish one? Wrede on Writing will guide you towards that superior draft to send to agents, to publishers, and to readers. Before she became a successful full-time writer, Patricia C. Wrede worked in finance, and she also provides for authors an extensive look at how to manage the money&mdash;from royalties to determining the financial potential of your next project, Wrede provides authors with deep insight into the business of writing. A brilliant guide from a literary stalwart, Wrede on Writing is the book everyone with a novel under their beds or inside their heads should read.</div>

Wrede on Writing

<div>Meet the princess who rescues herself and the female dragon who would be king in this first fantasy adventure in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles. The traditional duties of a princess fail to please Cimorene, the daughter of a very proper king. She is quite sure that there&rsquo;s more to the world than curtseying and courting. And what she finds in her chosen career as a dragon&rsquo;s princess is sometimes more than she can handle. But fear not! Our intrepid heroine has just what it takes to keep her dragon, Kazul, safe and happy, while learning to fireproof herself, organize the treasure trove, and stay free from the clutches of pesky princes. This updated edition features a new introduction by the author. &ldquo;The story is full of excitement, sly references to the staples of fantasy and fairy tales, and good humor. Cimorene is of a sisterhood that includes Menolly, the dragonsinger of Anne McCaffrey&rsquo;s Dragonsong; and Avi&rsquo;s Morwenna of Bright Shadow, but Wrede&rsquo;s delightful voice is all her own.&rdquo;&mdash;School Library Journal (starred review). &ldquo;What a charmer! A decidedly diverting novel with plenty of action and . . . laugh-out-loud reading pleasure.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist (starred review) &ldquo;Smoothly written and ingenious fantasy. Both Cimorene and her dragon are firmly drawn, tough-minded females who refuse to conform to stereotypes (being female doesn&rsquo;t prevent a dragon from becoming king). The touch of feminist persuasion only adds to the story&rsquo;s charm.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;This was a delightful read, in every sense.&rdquo;&mdash;SFF Book Reviews</div>

Dealing with Dragons

<div>As this young adult fantasy series continues, a princess must join forces with the king of the Enchanted Forest to find a missing dragon.Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, is back&mdash;but where is Kazul the dragon? That&#39;s what Cimorene is determined to find out! This updated edition features a new introduction by the author and fantastic new packaging.&ldquo;Wrede&#39;s tongue-in-cheek humor balances well with sweet adolescent discovery, and the result is another winning chapter in a delightful tale.&rdquo;&mdash;School Library Journal&ldquo;Sensible princess Cimorene meets sensible king Mendanbar of the Enchanted Forest, and they sensibly decide to get married&mdash;but not before each mistakes the other for those greatest of twits, the pompous hero and the simpering princess&hellip;This sequel to revisionist-fabulist Wrede&#39;s Dealing with Dragons (1990) is as sprightly as the original&hellip;A refreshing romp.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews&ldquo;Dealing as it does with dragon-napping and magic-stealing, this sequel&hellip;puts a whimsical spin on familiar fairy-tale elements.&rdquo;&mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

Searching for Dragons

<div>The humorous young adult fantasy series comes to a close as a young prince begins a heroic quest&mdash;he just doesn&rsquo;t know it yet.One day, Daystar&#39;s mom, Cimorene, hands him a magic sword and kicks him out of the house. Daystar doesn&#39;t know what he is supposed to do with the magic sword, but knowing Cimorene, he&#39;s sure it must involve a dragon or two!&ldquo;Volume number four opens 16 years after Calling on Dragons&hellip;with King Menenbar still imprisoned in his castle by wizard&#39;s spells, and Queen Cimorene living quietly at the Forest edge, raising their son Daystar&hellip;until he&#39;s old enough to wield the magic sword and free his father&hellip;The characters and their effervescent dialogue continue to charm.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Talking to Dragons

<div>The magical, young adult fantasy series continues as Cimorene discovers being queen is tougher than it looks as she fights to save her kingdom.Those wicked wizards are back&mdash;and they&#39;ve become very smart. Sort of. They intend to take over the Enchanted Forest once and for all&hellip;unless Queen Cimorene finds a way to stop them. And she just might be able to with some help from a dragon king, a witch, a magician, two cats, and a blue, flying donkey-rabbit named Killer.&ldquo;Zany&hellip;humorous&hellip;madcap. Combining suspense, playfulness, and witty repartee, the story is just good fun.&rdquo;&mdash;Booklist &ldquo;A treat from start to finish.&rdquo;&mdash;VOYA &ldquo;A captivating and convincing fantasy that sets the stage (and whets the appetite) for future adventures.&rdquo;&mdash;School Library Journal &ldquo;Laugh-aloud funny.&rdquo;&mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Calling on Dragons

<div>Two young ladies contend with the Royal College of Wizards in Regency London: First in the series filled with &ldquo;magical twists and turns&rdquo; (San Diego Union-Tribune). Since they were children, cousins Kate and Cecelia have been inseparable. But in 1817, as they approach adulthood, their families force them to spend a summer apart. As Cecelia fights boredom in her small country town, Kate visits London to mingle with the brightest lights of English society. At the initiation of a powerful magician into the Royal College of Wizards, Kate finds herself alone with a mysterious witch who offers her a sip from a chocolate pot. When Kate refuses the drink, the chocolate burns through her dress and the witch disappears. It seems that strange forces are convening to destroy a beloved wizard, and only Kate and Cecelia can stop the plot. But for two girls who have to contend with the pressures of choosing dresses and beaux for their debuts, deadly magic is only one of their concerns. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors&rsquo; personal collections. </div>

Overdrive

Sorcery & Cecelia

<div>A princess fights a faceless enemy in a forest filled with magic in this tale of &ldquo;high-style fantasy and adventure&rdquo; from the author of Dealing with Dragons (The New York Times). Trouble is brewing in Alkyra. While the kingdom&rsquo;s noblemen squabble, on their borders an ancient enemy, the Lithmern, raises an army. As the head of the Noble House of Brenn attempts to organize an alliance, the princess Alethia celebrates her twentieth birthday. She is a remarkable woman: quick-witted, beautiful, and handy with a throwing knife. But on the next night, she passes through a dark corridor on her way to the banquet hall, and never emerges from the shadows. The Lithmern have kidnapped the princess. When Alethia regains consciousness, an evil Lithmern with a face made of shadows is carrying her through the forest. These are magic woods, home to fabled creatures whose existence she has always doubted. To find her way home, Alethia will have to learn to trust in the old tales, whose legends of magic and daring hold the only hope of saving her kingdom.</div>

Shadow Magic

<div>&ldquo;High-style fantasy and adventure&rdquo; in the complete Lyra series by the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The New York Times). Shadow Magic: While Alkyra&rsquo;s noblemen squabble, an ancient enemy, the Lithmern, raises an army. And as the head of the Noble House of Brenn attempts to organize an alliance, the princess Alethia celebrates her twentieth birthday. She is quick-witted, beautiful, and handy with a throwing knife. But on the next night, she passes through a dark corridor on her way to the banquet hall, and never emerges from the shadows. The Lithmern have kidnapped the princess. To find her way home, Alethia will have to learn to trust in the old tales, whose legends of magic and daring hold the only hope of saving her kingdom. Daughter of Witches: There is no worse time to visit Drinn than during the Midwinter Festival, when the city gates are sealed so that no outsider can witness the temple&rsquo;s secret rituals. In an inn, where a young woman named Ranira works as an indentured servant for a brutal innkeeper, three guests have overstayed their welcome. Attempting to protect Ranira from her master&rsquo;s cruelty, the three reveal their magical powers and attract the attention of the temple guards. Now, to save her new friends from certain death, Ranira must unleash the power that cost her parents their lives. The Harp of Imach Thyssel: When Emereck and Flindaran leave a caravan in search of adventure, it isn&rsquo;t long before they stumble upon great danger. Emereck, a trained minstrel, and Flindaran, a nobleman masquerading as a tramp, have found a long-abandoned castle, and in it, one of Lyra&rsquo;s most sought-after treasures: the Harp of Imach Thyssel. To keep it from falling into the wrong hands, Emereck will have to learn to harness its strength to create and destroy, with the fate of the kingdom hanging in the balance. Caught in Crystal: For more than a decade, Kayl has run a modest country inn. She opened it with her husband, and they managed it together until a summer illness took him away, leaving her alone with their two children. The three of them get by, living happily together as the years pass, but everything changes the day a sorceress named Corrana asks for a room. Now, to save her family and her world, Kayl will have to unlock a side of herself that she buried long ago. The Raven Ring: When Eleret&rsquo;s mother is killed, she must travel to reclaim the belongings her mother left behind. The overland journey to the city of Ciaron is treacherous, but Eleret has no fear. She straps a dagger to her leg and sets off to recover one of her mother&rsquo;s prized possessions: a ring etched with a raven. Eleret doesn&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s special about her mother&rsquo;s ring, but someone wanted it badly enough to kill for it. And to make it home in one piece, she&rsquo;ll need to unlock the mysteries of the ring her mother died to protect.</div>

The Lyra Novels

<div>In a series packed with &ldquo;high-style fantasy and adventure,&rdquo; a servant girl&rsquo;s dormant magic awakens&mdash;from the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles (The New York Times). Drinn is not a safe place to be a witch. Ranira knows that better than most, for when she was just a child, the temple guards burned her parents at the stake for practicing magic. Now an indentured servant for a brutal innkeeper, she lives every day with the shame of her parents&rsquo; alleged crime. There is no worse time to visit Drinn than during the Midwinter Festival, when the city gates are sealed so that no outsider can witness the temple&rsquo;s secret rituals. And at Ranira&rsquo;s inn, three guests have overstayed their welcome. Attempting to protect Ranira from her master&rsquo;s cruelty, the three reveal their magical powers and attract the attention of the temple guards. Now, to save her new friends from certain death, Ranira must unleash the power that cost her parents their lives.</div>

Daughter of Witches

<div>In this book from Wrede&rsquo;s acclaimed Lyra fantasy series, a young woman must fight for her life while on a quest to claim a magical family heirloomThree weeks after Eleret&rsquo;s mother is killed, the messenger arrives with the tragic news. She died far from home, succumbing to wounds sustained in battle, and Eleret must travel to reclaim her belongings. The overland journey to the city of Ciaron is treacherous, but Eleret has no fear. She straps a dagger to her leg and sets off to recover one of her mother&rsquo;s prized possessions: a ring etched with a raven. Though she makes it to Ciaron safely, getting home is another story. Eleret doesn&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s special about her mother&rsquo;s ring, but someone wanted it badly enough to kill for it. To make it home in one piece, she must unlock the mysteries of the ring her mother died to protect.</div>

The Raven Ring

<div>Family affairs don&rsquo;t stop cousins Cecelia and Kate from their magical duties in Regency England&mdash;&ldquo;A thoroughly enchanting confection&rdquo; (Kirkus Reviews). It&rsquo;s been a decade since Kate and Cecelia foiled Napoleon&rsquo;s plot to reclaim the French crown. The cousins now have estates, children, and a place at the height of wizarding society. It is 1828, and though magic remains at the heart of the British Empire, a new power has begun to make itself felt across England: the steam engine. As iron tracks crisscross the countryside, the shaking of the locomotives begins to disrupt the workings of English magic, threatening the very foundations of the Empire. A foreign wizard on a diplomatic mission to England vanishes, and the Prime Minister sends Cecelia&rsquo;s husband to investigate. In order to accompany her husband to the north of England, Cecelia leaves her children in Kate&rsquo;s care. As Cecelia and James fight for the future of magic, Kate is left with a no less daunting problem: how to care for a gaggle of disobedient, spell-casting tots. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors&rsquo; personal collections.</div>

The Mislaid Magician

<div>Two young Regency ladies with special powers must save the monarchy: &ldquo;A satisfying blend of magic, mystery, humor, and romance&rdquo; (Booklist). Ocean voyages do not agree with wizards, and seasickness during the Channel crossing is the price Cecelia must pay for her budding magical skill. As her nausea ebbs, she is comforted by her new husband, James, and the knowledge that at long last they are on their honeymoon. In their company is Cecelia&rsquo;s cousin Kate, newly minted as the Marchioness of Schofield, and her husband, Thomas. The shared journey guarantees the two couples a happy start to married life, if they can survive the perils of the Continent. In Calais, a mysterious woman visits Cecelia with a package intended for Thomas&rsquo;s mother. Inside is an alabaster flask of noble manufacture, one of the royal artifacts that have been vanishing all over Europe as part of a magical plot against the French crown. This is no simple honeymoon: On their tour of Europe, Kate and Cecelia must save the monarchy from an emperor-in-exile named Napoleon. This ebook features illustrated biographies of Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the authors&rsquo; personal collections. </div>

Apple Books

The Grand Tour

<div>In the magical world of Lyra, a mysterious instrument gives a minstrel undreamed-of powerWhen Emereck and Flindaran leave a caravan in search of adventure, it isn&rsquo;t long before they stumble upon great danger. Emereck, a trained minstrel, and Flindaran, a nobleman masquerading as a tramp, have found a long-abandoned castle, and in it, one of Lyra&rsquo;s most sought-after treasures: the Harp of Imach Thyssel. Emereck recognizes the perfect white bow from legend: It is said to possess the power of life and death over all mankind. Now, to keep it from falling into the wrong hands, he&rsquo;ll have to learn to harness its strength to create and destroy, with the fate of the kingdom hanging in the balance.</div>

The Harp of Imach Thyssel

<div>A coven of witches reaches out to one of its former warriors in a &ldquo;wonderful&rdquo; Lyra novel &ldquo;filled with incredible world-building and characters&rdquo; (Open Book Society). For more than a decade, Kayl has run a modest country inn. She opened it with her husband, and they managed it together until a summer illness took him away, leaving her alone with their two children. The three of them get by, living happily together as the years pass, but everything changes the day a sorceress asks for a room. Her name is Corrana, and by her silver brooch Kayl knows that she is a member of the order of Sisterhood of Stars, a coven of witches that Kayl left after a secret mission went horribly wrong. Kayl is sure that Corrana has come to take her back to the life she had renounced years before. Now, to save her family and her world, she will have to unlock a side of herself that she buried long ago. </div>

Caught in Crystal

<div>&ldquo;Enchanting, witty&rdquo; fairy tales for adults from Peter Straub, Daniel Quinn, Nancy Kress, Patricia C. Wrede, and other modern-day Grimms and Andersens (Publishers Weekly). World Fantasy Award&ndash;winning editors Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling return with another superb collection of wonders and terrors. In Black Thorn, White Rose, the magical tales we were told at bedtime have been upended, turned inside out, reshaped, and given a keen, distinctly adult edge by eighteen of the most acclaimed storytellers ever to reinvent a fairy tale. Our favorite characters, from Sleeping Beauty to Rumpelstiltskin to the Gingerbread Man, are here but in different guises, brought to new life by such masters as Nancy Kress, Jane Yolen, Storm Constantine, and the late, great Roger Zelazny. These breathtaking tales of dark enchantments range from the tragic and poignant to the humorous to the horrifying to the simply astonishing. The story of an aging woodcutter persuaded to help a desperate prince make his way through the brambles to save a sleeping beauty twists ingeniously around like the thorny wall that impedes them. The fable of an all-controlling queen mother who faces her most fearsome adversary in a sensitive princess who appears mysteriously during a storm is a dark, disturbing masterpiece. And readers will long remember the exquisite tale of Death, his godson, football, and MTV. Anyone who has ever loved or even feared the old tales of witches and trolls and remarkable transformations will find much to admire in this extraordinary collection&mdash;happily ever after or not.</div>

Black Thorn, White Rose

<div>A trio of bewitching novels featuring devoted cousins who must juggle their magical powers with their duties as ladies in Regency-era England. Enter Regency-era England&mdash;and a world in which magical mayhem and high society go hand in hand&mdash;with three novels featuring cousins Cecelia and Kate. In Sorcery &amp; Cecelia, the two cousins have been inseparable since girlhood. But in 1817, Kate goes to London to make her debut into English society, leaving Cecelia behind to fight boredom in her small country town. While visiting the Royal College of Wizards, Kate stumbles on a plot to destroy a beloved sorcerer&mdash;and only Cecelia can help her save him. In The Grand Tour, Cecelia and Kate, along with their husbands, are inaugurating married life with a trip to the Continent. When a mysterious woman in Calais gives Cecelia a package intended for Kate&rsquo;s mother-in-law, however, the two young wives realize they must spend their honeymoons preventing an emperor-in-exile named Napoleon from reclaiming the French crown. In The Mislaid Magician, it is 1828 and the cousins are now society matrons. The steam engine is announcing its arrival and the shaking of the locomotives begins to disrupt England&rsquo;s ancient, underground magical ley lines. When the disappearance of a foreign diplomat threatens to become an international incident, Cecelia departs to fight for the future of magic&mdash;leaving Kate to care for a gaggle of disobedient, spell-casting tots. Blending history, romance, and magic, these charming novels from the author of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles will delight anyone who loves Harry Potter or Susannah Clarke&rsquo;s Jonathan Strange &amp; Mr Norell. </div>

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